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The following is the distribution of the 109 deaths registered
in the district according to age:—
Under 1 year20
.Over 1 year and under 5 8
under 5 year 28
„ 5 years „ 154
„ 15 „ „ 25 9
„ 25 „ 65 „ 39
Over 5 year 81
As I have not particulars of the ages of the Harrow paupers
who died in the Hendon Workhouse, I am unable to classify them,
and would therefore suggest that the Council should arrange for
a return from the Registrar of the births and deaths in the
Workhouse to be sent to me at the close of each year. The
average number of Harrow indoor paupers was 22. I desire to
thank Mr. Hawkins for these statistics.
INFANTILE DEATH-RATE.
Comparing the 20 deaths of infants under 12 months old with
the 195 births, it appears that there were I02'5, such deaths
to each 1,000 births, or in other words, of every 10 children
born one died without seeing the anniversary of its birth; thus
the infants of Harrow have been decimated during the year 1898.
The figures per 1,000 for 1897 were 71, and the average for
the previous 5 years 101, and for the previous 10 years 107.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
There was 1 death from Scarlet Fever, 2 from Typhoid Fever,
4 from Measles, 6 from Whooping Cough, total 13, or at the rate
of 13 per 1,000. There were 8 deaths from Diarrhœa, 1 from
Puerperal Fever, 8 deaths from Phthisis, and 3 from Influenza.
There were certified during the 12 months 14 cases of Scarlet
Fever, 6 cases of Diphtheria, 14 cases of Typhoid Fever, and 5 cases
of Erysipelas.
INCREASE OF THE DEATH-RATE.
The figures I have laid before you deserve the grave consideration
of the Council.
The total death-rate is about 50 per cent. greater than that of
1897, so also is the infantile death-rate, whilst that from Zymotic
Disease is 600 per cent, greater. Since 1890, when the deathrate
was 169, the rate for 1898 has not been reached. The
mortality has been greater at all periods of life from infancy to
old age.
The chief causes have been (1) the extreme heat that prevailed
during a great portion of the year causing Diarrhœa and
kindred diseases; (2) epidemics of Measles and Whooping Cough;